French Opera Arias for Soprano and Orchestra - Music Minus One

This fantastic collection of soprano masterpieces includes the magnificent Bell Song from Delibes Lakme as well as the utterly charming Doll Song from The Tales of Hoffman, and a host of others. Set against the backdrop of a full orchestra, it will thrill you and put you center stage as you learn and perform these summits of the repertoire.
Includes a printed vocal score on high-quality ivory paper, with informative liner notes: and a CD+G graphics-enabled compact disc with complete versions (with soloist) followed by stereo orchestral accompaniments to each piece, minus the soloist.

Contents

• 1) Delibes- Lakmé: Scène et Légende de la Fille du Paria (the Bell Song)(Lakmé)
• 2) Bizet- Carmen - Act III: C’est des contrebandiers le refuge ordinaire...Je dis que rien ne m’épouvante (Micaela)
• 3) Gounod- Roméo et Juliette: Je veux vivre (Juliette)
• 4) Thomas- Mignon: Polonaise of Philine (Philine)
• 5) Offenbach- Les Contes d’Hoffmann (Tales of Hoffman): Les oiseaux dans la charmille (Doll’s Song) (Olympia)